Brussels Drops Investigation
Of Vice Prime Minister Di Rupo

BRUSSELS -- A special Belgian parliamentary committee cleared Vice Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo in a child-sex investigation, but the move will do little to reinvigorate a hobbled government.

The center-left coalition was rescued from collapse Thursday when the parliamentary committee voted to bar Mr. Di Rupo from further investigation by the country's Court of Cassation. But the vote came only after severe arm-twisting by Prime Minister Jean-Luc Dehaene, who was forced to personally step into the fray after three days of...